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amphimixis

/am-fuh-mik-sis/US // ˌæm fəˈmɪk sɪs //UK // (ˌæmfɪˈmɪksɪs) //

两栖动物,两极分化,双鱼座,两极分化症

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural am·phi·mix·es [am-fuh-mik-seez]. /ˌæm fəˈmɪk siz/.

    • : Biology. the merging of the nuclei of the sperm and egg cells; sexual reproduction.
    • : Psychoanalysis. the combining of anal and genital eroticism in the development of sexuality.

Examples

  • When a fresh nucleus has been thus formed (by amphimixis) in each of the copulating cells, they again separate.

  • Amphimixis, as we have seen, is one of the most potent forces against which the evolution of a new species has to contend.

  • Amphimixis: the mingling of the germ plasm of two individuals.